李华和Larry 正在一起看世界杯美国对斯洛文尼亚的比赛。今天我们要学两
个常用语：push over 和blow it.

    LH： Larry，美国队的第二场比赛就要开始了，我真等不及啦！

    L ： Yeah ， I'm really excited too ！ Hopefully the U.S. will have
good luck again today playing Slovenia.

    LH：对！美国队上次和英格兰踢的时候就是因为运气好捞到了一个进球！不
过，斯洛文尼亚不是什么强队，美国队这次不靠运气，靠实力，踢赢也不成问题
吧？

    L ： I don't know …… Slovenia is playing very well. They're not
going to be a push-over.

    LH：啊？什么是a push-over ？

    L ： A push-over is someone who is very easy to take advantage of.

    LH：哦，a push-over 就是容易控制、好欺负的人。你的意思是，斯洛文尼
亚可不是那么容易对付的，是不是？

    L ： Exactly！ Here's another example. Even though Joe always turned
in his homework late， he never got in trouble because his teacher was
a real push-over.

    LH：嗯， Joe的老师好欺负，所以他不交作业也没事。

    L ： Exactly. So Lihua， how did you get out of work today to watch
the World Cup ？

    LH：因为我老板喜欢我啊，只要我央求一下，她什么都答应我！

    L ： Hmm…… she sounds like a real push-over. I wish my boss always
gave me everything I asked for.

    LH：下次我教你讨上司喜欢的秘诀！对了，看完比赛我还要去公司，你开车
送我吧。

    L ： Well I'm pretty busy this afternoon. Can you take the bus？

    LH：那可不行，大热天的我还得等车，不干不干！

    L ： Eh …… alright， I'll give you a ride. You know that I'm such
a push-over. But why didn't you ride your bike today？

    LH：别提了，我的车坏了！我把它拿到修车厂，结果他们开出的修理费简直
是天文数字！我可不上当，扭头就走了！

    L ： Well ， I can see you're definitely not a push-over， Lihua.

    LH：那可不！如果别人想占你便宜，你就得自我保护！好了，不说了，比赛
要开始了！

    L ： Great， let's watch！

    ******

    比赛结束了，Larry 和李华还是回味无穷。

    LH：这比赛真是峰回路转！美国开始的时候0 比2 落后，结果居然又追回两
球，打成平局了！

    L ： Yeah ， but the U.S. should have won ！

    LH：就是，最后一个球，美国队明明进了，裁判却吹犯规，误判误判！

    L ： I know ， I can't believe that the referee blew that call.

    LH： The referee blew the call？什么意思？

    L ： Actually ， when you make a really big mistake ， you can say
that you blew it.

    LH：啊，blow something就是说犯大错误，把事情搞砸。所以你是说，裁判
把美国队的进球判成无效，是很严重的误判。

    L ： Right！ Here is another example. Joe wanted to impress Carol
on their first date. But he really blew it because she was a vegetarian
and he took her to a steak restaurant.

    LH：啊？带吃素的人去牛排店，这不是满错了么！对了，Larry ，美国队下
一场踢阿尔及利亚，你说胜算有几成？

    L ： Well ， most people think that the U.S. is a better team. We
should win as long as we don't make a big mistake and blow it.

    LH：太好了！比赛星期三，咱们一起看！

    L ： Well I would really like to…… but I have a big presentation
on Thursday that I will need to prepare for ， and I really don't want
to blow it.

    LH： Larry，世界杯比做报告重要多了！还是跟我看比赛吧！

    L ： Well Lihua ， my boss isn't a push-over. If I do a bad job ，
he will get really mad at me.

    LH：你老板不好惹？那就算了吧……要不这样，我看比赛，你在家准备报告，
如果比赛有什么精彩内容，我就打电话告诉你！

    L ： Hmmm …… that's a great idea！ But you better not blow it and
get so excited that you forget to call me.

    LH：这我可不敢保证！

    今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是push-over ，表示好欺负，好说话的人。

    另一是blow it ，意思是犯大错，把事情搞砸。